Matsya Purana 284.2

284.2

matsya uvāca.
athātaḥ saṃpravakṣyāmi dharādānamanuttamam.
pāpakṣayakaraṃ nṝṇāmamaṅgalyavināśanam 284.1.
kārayetpṛthivīṃhaimīṃ jambūdvīpānukāriṇīm.
maryādāparvatavatīṃ madhye merusamanvitām 2.
lokapālāṣṭakopetāṃ navavarṣasamanvitām.
nadīnadasamopetāṃ saptasāgaraveṣṭitām 3.
mahāratnasamākīrṇāṃ vasurudrārkasaṃyutām.

Matsya said—“I shall now tell you about the sacred Dharâdâna that drives away all the ills and sins of the devotee and promotes his welfare”—1

The Yajamân (sacrificer) should make an earth of gold in imitation of Jambudvîpa This golden Jambudvīpa, having mountains, with Meru in the centre, with eight Lokapâlas and nine Varṣas, with rivers and oceans full of gems, conjoint with Vasu, Rudra and the Sun should be made of 1,000 palas or 500 or 300, or 200 or 100 palas of gold It should however be more than five palas The Lokapâlas should be invoked as in course of the Tulâdāna and Ṛitvikas, pandal ornaments, clothings, etc, should be similarly arranged.—2-6